SPUR Project

2009 Winner (6 of 13)

'Orientalism Revisited'
Supervisor: Prof Patrick Williams

2008 is the thirtieth anniversary of the publication of Edward Said's Orientalism, one of the most influential (and frequently controversial) books in literary and cultural studies – and other disciplines - of the late twentieth century. Routledge have decided to mark this by including Orientalism in their 'Major Works' series which aims to provide substantial multi-volume reference works offering a comprehensive overview of the chosen topic. Routledge invited Professor Patrick Williams to edit the set on Orientalism. The production of the set on Orientalism provides an opportunity to re-assess not only Said's literally epoch-making text but also the broad field of Orientalism in which it intervened so spectacularly. Student tasks included online searching of databases (especially bibliographic) as well as research library catalogues, organisation and preparation of appropriate bibliographies, research-related administrative tasks and publication-related tasks such as the production of a publisher-usable copy of the selections generated by the database and bibliography tasks. The contribution of the student to the research will be fully acknowledged within the published set.